From start to finish, this cake can be made in 30 minutes by
baking in a microwave oven, which is the method described in this recipe.
Even in a conventional oven, this carob fudge cake can be made in less than 1
hour; the only difference being the baking time at 350 degrees F.

We grind our own flour in our Vita-Mix, but store bought flour
can also be used.

Place the flour and ground oats in a mixing bowl, add the carob
powder and the baking soda and mix well.

Peel the bananas and place in the contain of a high speed
blender. Add the pitted dated, checking carefully to make sure there are
no pits, cover and run at high speed until creamy smooth. Uncover, and add
the banana date mixture to the dry ingredients in the mixing bowl.

Add the vanilla extract and mix the cake batter thoroughly to
insure that all the ingredients are blended together. If the cake batter
is too stiff, add a little apple juice, but be careful not to let the batter get
runny.

For baking this cake, we used our silicone rubber pie pan, which we set on
a microwaveable plate for
support. If using other types of baking pans, or a new non-stick
pan, we suggest that it be lightly oiled before pouring in the cake
batter. Pour in the batter and smooth uniformly to the edges.

Bake the cake until the cake begins to
separate from the edge of
the pan. This took only nine minutes in our microwave oven set on
high at 1000 watts.

In the same time the cake is baking, we prepared the
icing in the same blender container that we made the banana mix. Add
the icing ingredients, cover, and run at high speed, using the tamper as
necessary to unsure that icing is creamy smooth.

Place another plate
over the cake that is slightly larger than the cake. Without
squeezing the top and bottom plates together, carefully turn the cake
upside down onto the new place. Remove the former bottom plate and
carefully lift off the pie pan.

Scoop the icing
out of the blender container and place on top of the cake and gently
smooth over the surface and edges of the cake with a table knife.

The above recipe is in keeping with God's creation intent (Genesis 1:29-31):
'Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth
and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to
all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move
on the ground-- everything that has the breath of life in it-- I give every green plant
for food." And it was so. God saw all that he had made, and it was very
good.' (NIV) Let no animal suffer or die that we may live!